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J.H.SOHAEF-ER. HOUSE FOR DRYING AND SMOKING BUTGHERS PRODUCTS.

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Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

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JOHN H. soI-IAEFEE, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HOUSE FOR D RYING AND SMOKING BUTCHERS PRODUCTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,504, dated December3, 1889.

Application filed July 26, 1889- Serial No. 318,791. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. SOHAEFER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Houses for Drying and Smoking ButchersProducts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a house for drying and smoking butchersproducts, such as meat, bologna, and sausages.

The invention is illustratedin the accom-' panying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a vertical section of the smokehouse. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of thedrawer.Fig. 5 is'a partial side and sectional view, and Fig. 6 a horizontalsection, of the house, .showing a modification of steamheater. The wallsA of the house may be made double, as in Fig. l, or single, as in Fig.3. In Fig. 1 an interior wall or lining b, of sheet metal, extends overthe outer wall A and bottom 0 and forms a steam-space d, surrounding thechamber or smoke-room E. An inlet pipe f for steam connects with thespace at one side, and an outlet-pipe g connects with the said space atthe bottom. Cocks f and g control communication in these pipes. The pipef is to connect with a steam-boiler, (not shown,) and thereby thesmoke-room may be kept heated to a temperature that will be effectivefor drying the meat.

Suitable racks h are provided in the smokeroon1,'from which to suspendthe meat, and doors i for affording access thereto.

In one side of the wall near the bottom is an opening j, for a drawer 70to slide in and out. This drawer is for live or smothered coals of woodto produce the smoke.

In the roof are one or more smoke-Hues L, opening directly through theroof into the top of the smoke-room, and each is provided with a damperm,having an arm attached for operating it. A weight n on the arm servesto close it, and a cord 0, leading down the side of the house, serves toopen it.

Directly over the coal-drawer 7c is a hood p, secured to a ledge p,adjoining the wall, by

hinges q, so as to permit it to take ahorizontal position entirely overthe drawer when it is desired to prevent the smoke from filling thechamber E, or to turn up vertically and be secured by ahook T when itisdesired that the smoke of the coals shall fill the chamber. through thehorizontal ledge 19, to'which the hood is hinged, and said pipe extendsup and through the roof and is provided with a damper on, which isoperated like the other dampers already mentioned. This construction andarrangement of drawer 7c, hinged hood p, and smoke-pipe S, givescontrol, as above stated, of the smoke arising from smothered coals inthe drawer.

By the combination and construction here described the meat, sausage, orotherbutchers products in the chamber E may be both dried and smoked.The drying here contemplated is only that degree of drying that is anaid to the smoking process. Meat and other like articles take smokebetter when the surface which is exposed to the smoke is dry.

Instead of surrounding the chamber with a steam-space formed by a lininginside of the wall A, I may employ steam-pipes 6 arranged in coils orstands, as shown, at the bottom and sides of the chamber, the inlet andoutlet pipes and other parts being the same as already described. I

The preferred construction of the drawer is shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Agrate u in the drawer supports the coals, and a Wire screen c covers thedrawer and serves to prevent sparks from flying from the coals.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A house for smoking meat andlike articles of provision, having the smoke-chamber E, with an openingj in its Wall, the

A smoke-pipe S has its lower end open steam-heater provided with aninlet-pipe f and an outlet-pipe g,a drawer in the said wall-opening, ahood 17, secured by hinges over the drawer, so as to have a horizontalor vertical position, and a smoke-pipe S, having its lower end opendirectly over the drawer.

2. A house for smoking meat and like articles of provision, having wallsA, with a lining of sheet metal forming a steam-space rco (l, aninlet-pipe f and an outlet-pipe g, a In testimony whereof I aiiix mysignature drawer k, entered through the Wftll to the in the presence oftwo Witnesses. smoke-chamber E, a hood p, secured b y hinges over thedrawer, so as to have a horizontal JOHN H. SCIIAEFER. 5 or verticalposition, and asmoke-pipe S, hav- \Vitnesses:

ing its lower end open directly over the JOHN E. MORRIS,

drawer. JOHN H. SCHAEFER, Jr.

